Proposed fixes for Cuba, Cyprus, and Cheriton Shuttle Terminal
Paul Eggert
eggert at twinsun.com
Tue Mar 30 00:19:43 UTC 1999
From: "Olson, Arthur David (NCI)" <olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:07:28 -0500
I tried and failed to reproduce the proglem reported by Andreas
Jaeger; if anyone has insights please pass them on to both the time
zone list and Andreas (who's not on the list).
I suspect that the problem occurs when you try to run `zic asia'
separately, without compiling the other files. This should cause the
Asia/Nicosia Zone line to have a dangling reference to the EU rules.
A proposed patch is enclosed below. It also has the following changes:
* Fix the rules for Cuba, which are incorrect for this week's timestamps,
as you reported today.
* Add commentary about Concession Time in Cheriton Shuttle Terminal.
* Fix minor commentary typos introduced by my previous set of changes.
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RCS file: RCS/africa,v
retrieving revision 1999.3
retrieving revision 1999.3.0.1
diff -u -r1999.3 -r1999.3.0.1
--- africa 1999/03/25 14:47:46 1999.3
+++ africa 1999/03/29 21:53:27 1999.3.0.1
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
#
# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is
# Derek Howse, Greenwich time and longitude, Antique Collectors Club (1997).
-# Oxford University Press (1980).
#
# Previous editions of this database used WAT, CAT, SAT, and EAT
# for +0:00 through +3:00, respectively,
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/Theory,v
retrieving revision 1999.3
retrieving revision 1999.3.0.1
diff -u -r1999.3 -r1999.3.0.1
--- Theory 1999/03/25 14:47:46 1999.3
+++ Theory 1999/03/29 21:53:27 1999.3.0.1
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
Grotefend's data
-From: "Michael Palmer" <mpalmer at netcom.com>
+From: "Michael Palmer" <mpalmer at netcom.com> [with one obvious typo fixed]
Subject: Re: Gregorian Calendar (was Re: Another FHC related question
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.german
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:32:48 -800
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
22 Aug/
02 Sep 1612 - duchy of Prussia
-13/24 Dec 1514 - Pfalz-Neuburg
+13/24 Dec 1614 - Pfalz-Neuburg
1617 - duchy of Kurland (reverted to the Julian calendar in
1796)
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RCS file: RCS/asia,v
retrieving revision 1999.3
retrieving revision 1999.3.0.1
diff -u -r1999.3 -r1999.3.0.1
--- asia 1999/03/25 14:47:46 1999.3
+++ asia 1999/03/29 21:53:27 1999.3.0.1
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Asia/Nicosia 2:13:28 - LMT 1921 Nov 14
2:00 Cyprus EE%sT 1998 Sep
- 2:00 EU EE%sT
+ 2:00 EUAsia EE%sT
# IATA SSIM (1998-09) has Cyprus using EU rules for the first time.
# Georgia
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/europe,v
retrieving revision 1999.3
retrieving revision 1999.3.0.1
diff -u -r1999.3 -r1999.3.0.1
--- europe 1999/03/25 14:47:47 1999.3
+++ europe 1999/03/29 21:53:27 1999.3.0.1
@@ -747,6 +747,20 @@
#
# Whitman says Dublin Mean Time was -0:25:21, which is more precise than Shanks.
+# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-28):
+# Clive Feather (<news:859845706.26043.0 at office.demon.net>, 1997-03-31)
+# reports that Cheriton Shuttle Terminal uses Concession Time (CT),
+# equivalent to French civil time.
+# Julian Hill (<news:36118128.5A14 at virgin.net>, 1998-09-30) reports that
+# trains between Dollands Moor (the freight facility just outside Cheriton)
+# and Frethun run in CT.
+# My admittedly uninformed guess is that the terminal has two authorities,
+# the French concession operators and the British civil authorities,
+# and that the time depends on who you're talking to.
+# If, say, the British police were called to the station for some reason,
+# I would expect the official police report to use GMT/BST and not CET/CEST.
+# This is a borderline case, but for now let's stick to GMT/BST for Cheriton.
+
# From an anonymous contributor (1996-06-02):
# The law governing time in Ireland is under Statutory Instrument SI 395/94,
# which gives force to European Union 7th Council Directive # 94/21/EC.
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/northamerica,v
retrieving revision 1999.3
retrieving revision 1999.3.0.1
diff -u -r1999.3 -r1999.3.0.1
--- northamerica 1999/03/25 14:47:47 1999.3
+++ northamerica 1999/03/29 21:53:27 1999.3.0.1
@@ -1150,16 +1150,17 @@
# Cuba
-# From Bob Devine (1988-01-28):
-# . . .DST is from 2nd Sunday in May to 2nd Sunday in October since 1981.
-# Change at midnight. In 1979 & 1980, started at 3rd Sunday in March
-# (I think).
+# From Arthur David Olson (1999-03-29):
+# The 1999-03-28 exhibition baseball game held in Havana, Cuba, between
+# the Cuban National Team and the Baltimore Orioles was carried live on
+# the Orioles Radio Network, including affiliate WTOP in Washington, DC.
+# During the game, play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter noted that
+# "We'll be losing two hours of sleep...Cuba switched to Daylight Saving
+# Time today." (The "two hour" remark referred to losing one hour of
+# sleep on 1999-03-28--when the announcers were in Cuba as it switched
+# to DST--and one more hour on 1999-04-04--when the announcers will have
+# returned to Baltimore, which switches on that date.)
-# From U. S. Naval Observatory (1989-01-19):
-# CUBA 5 H BEHIND UTC
-# CUBA 4 H BEHIND UTC MAR 20 - OCT 8
-
-# From Shanks (1991):
# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
Rule Cuba 1928 only - Jun 10 0:00 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1928 only - Oct 10 0:00 0 S
@@ -1187,9 +1188,8 @@
Rule Cuba 1991 1995 - Oct Sun>=8 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1996 only - Oct 6 0:00s 0 S
Rule Cuba 1997 only - Oct 12 0:00s 0 S
-Rule Cuba 1998 only - Mar 29 0:00 1:00 D
+Rule Cuba 1998 max - Mar lastSun 0:00s 1:00 D
Rule Cuba 1998 max - Oct lastSun 0:00s 0 S
-Rule Cuba 1999 max - Apr Sun>=1 0:00s 1:00 D
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone America/Havana -5:29:28 - LMT 1890
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